Dreamstore Update

May 19, 2010 in All Articles, Community, Disability, Small Grants, Social Inclusion by editor

Glamorgan Anglers Club has an active community programme, always seeking to broaden the offer at its waters for people of all ages and ability. The Club is very much focused on angling participation for all and has been particularly active finding ways to increase angling access for the disabled angler.  

The Club requested a small grant from Dreamstore, to cover the cost of five very large umbrellas.  The Browning umbrella is 2.5 metres wide when open, which allows a wheelchair user and helper stay dry from the rain or shaded from a hot sun.  Dreamstore is delighted to see that good use is being made of the umbrellas and that this small grant goes a long way to improving the angling experience for the disabiled angler.

September 9, 2008 in All Articles, Projects, Small Grants by admin

Ben, aged 8 years old, with his dad Andy, who helps the young people whenever he is free to join the Halton Brook Children’s Centre Fishing Club team.

Dreamstore has been delighted to provide Halton Brook Children’s Centre some funding towards the Centre’s Fishing Club and a large range of Browning equipment. The first outing with the new equipment took place at Easter 2008.

The Centre approached Dreamstore to help its recently formed Fishing Club, as early starter sessions had proved hugely popular among young people and parents alike. The Centre hopes to use the Club to generate greater community cohesion in an area of considerable disadvantage.

Mo Ball, a Community Development Worker at Halton Brook started to go fishing about eighteen months ago and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. She says:

During my work with parents in the community I started to talk about fishing and how enjoyable and relaxing it was. Some of the parents told me their children wanted to go fishing, but had no-one to help or go with them. I thought this would be a good reason to start the fishing club. Early starter sessions were a huge success. By bringing along the parents on days out, once CRB checks had been completed, we had a great team of helpers on hand and a great means of bringing families and young people together.

Along with the parents and helpers, we have some time committed by local anglers from the Warrington Anglers Association, The Liverpool Housing Trust, and other staff at the Halton Brook Centre.  Buying the equipment would have been a big challenge as this would have been very expensive and not within our resources, so we are very pleased Dreamstore was so generous. This will allow many more days out for a wide range of young people and parents, from those just starting to those with a little more experience.

Halton Brook Children’s Centre Fishing Club was short-listed for The Healthy Lives Award for Public Authorities, sponsored by Wirral Primary Care Trust, at the Groundwork Merseyside Environmental Awards 2008 for Communities.

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May 12, 2008 in All Articles, Projects, Small Grants by admin

Lymm High School students enjoy learning at Meadow View Fishery.

Dreamstore has provided a wide range of Browning-ZEBCO equipment to Lymm High School for a new Angling Club. Eric Hazzard, a teacher at Lymm High School, has ten to fifteen Year 8 pupils meeting each Wednesday lunchtime for an Angling Club Hour – since Whit half term everyone has been taken angling in groups of 4/5 each Wednesday.

Eric explains the range of activities he is organising from the School:

“On Tuesdays we have a small group of Year 9 pupils who are preparing to take an Open College Network (OCN), Angling and the Environment, course in Year 10. This year there have been three Year 10 students taking the OCN course, due to complete by mid-July, who are likely to move on to a coaching course next year. Links and visits have been made with primary schools in the area and it is planned for Year 11 students to coach primary pupils next year when they are coach training.

An inter-hall angling competition has been organised for 15th July for our school sports day: there are 5 halls and 2 pupils from each hall will compete. 16th July it is the school founders day and ten to twelve students, who have had not been able to go angling in school this year will get the opportunity to fish.

Finally, the school has an outdoor centre called Tyn-y-Felin at Rhoscolyn, Valley, Anglesey. Three Summer camps are held each year, and the centre is available for hire and visitors. I am currently working on an angling guide for visitors to use – so that they can seek the advice of Ray Swales, who is the Ynys Mons Angling Club secretary, and the Llyn-y-Gors fishery at Menai. The guide will provide useful information on angling tackle and where to fish near the centre or on Anglesey.  The Centre plans to run angling courses and I have been asked to train up any colleagues, primary staff or other users who want to use the centre.”

March 31, 2008 in All Articles, Projects, Small Grants by admin

Ben (right), aged 8 years old, with his dad Andy, who helps the young people whenever he is free to join the Halton Brook Children’s Centre Fishing Club team.

Dreamstore has been delighted to provide Halton Brook Children’s Centre some funding towards the Centre’s Fishing Club and a large range of Browning equipment. The first outing with the new equipment took place at Easter 2008.

The Centre approached Dreamstore to help its recently formed Fishing Club, as early starter sessions had proved hugely popular among young people and parents alike. The Centre hopes to use the Club to generate greater community cohesion in an area of considerable disadvantage.

Mo Ball, a Community Development Worker at Halton Brook started to go fishing about eighteen months ago and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. She says:

During my work with parents in the community I started to talk about fishing and how enjoyable and relaxing it was. Some of the parents told me their children wanted to go fishing, but had no-one to help or go with them.  I thought this would be a good reason to start the fishing club. Early starter sessions were a huge success. By bringing along the parents on days out, once CRB checks had been completed, we had a great team of helpers on hand and a great means of bringing families and young people together.

Along with the parents and helpers, we have some time committed by local anglers from the Warrington Anglers Association, The Liverpool Housing Trust, and other staff at the Halton Brook Centre.  Buying the equipment would have been a big challenge as this would have been very expensive and not within our resources, so we are very pleased Dreamstore was so generous. This will allow many more days out for a wide range of young people and parents, from those just starting to those with a little more experience.

Halton Brook Children’s Centre Fishing Club was short-listed for The Healthy Lives Award for Public Authorities, sponsored by Wirral Primary Care Trust, at the Groundwork Merseyside Environmental Awards 2008 for Communities.

August 1, 2007 in All Articles, Projects, Small Grants by admin

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June 30, 2005 in All Articles, Dreamstore Academy by admin

Dreamstore Academy is delighted to announce that it has attracted Browning as a major sponsor. Browning is the benchmark brand of Zebco Sports Europe Ltd, and is the one with which most anglers associate the company. Browning will be the official equipment supplier to Dreamstore Academy for the next three years. The ground-breaking sponsorship agreement will be worth in the region of £30,000 to Dreamstore Academy, with Browning providing coarse, sea and game equipment from its extensive catalogue.

Dreamstore Academy is also sponsored by
Tri-Ventures Group plc and
Oglethorpe, Sturton & Gillibrand

Our thanks for assistance goes to;
Devizes Angling Association, Bernie’s Bait & Tackle,
YYS International, and Weymouth Sea Angling Club.